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Mohammad Khatami

b. 1943 · 20th century

Mohammad Khatami is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician who was President of Iran from 1997 to 2005. Elected in a landslide, he promoted greater press freedom, civil society and a 'dialogue among civilisations' with the West. Conservative institutions such as the Guardian Council and the judiciary blocked many of his reforms.

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Islamic Republic of Iran

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